What can I do during my gap year in Ghana at Moon&Star guesthouse?

What can I do during my gap year in Ghana at Moon&Star guesthouse?

by | Mar 25, 2021 | Zonder categorie

As you may know, we offer volunteer work in Ghana through Moon&Star guesthouse. And you are certainly welcome to join us during your gap year or sabbatical. What do you get extra when you participate in the coach in Ghana program during your gap year in Ghana? I tell you more in this blog.

Would you like to read more about volunteering at Moon&Star guesthouse? Then click here.

Spend your gap year or sabbatical in Ghana

Ghana is a top destination for holidays, for digital nomads and also to stay for a long time during your gap year or sabbatical. Beautiful nature, great people and very good to travel.
I have been mentoring volunteers who come to Banko in Ghana for over 10 years and I love doing it! During your gap year in Ghana I also like to guide you! In this article, I will tell you more about the practical side of your gap year in Ghana. If something is not clear after reading, please let me know in the comments, or send a message!

What do I get when I spend my gap year in Ghana through Ghana coach?

Help/guidance with the preparations and visa application, personal, airport service, overnight stay in Accra, Ghanaian sim card, trip to Banko, private room with bathroom, 3 meals per day, and coaching/guidance by me. Furthermore, together we make a tailor-made program with activities and I give tips&tricks on exploring the rest of Ghana and our surroundings. You will also receive the workbook ‘What you need to know when travelling to Ghana’ and will take part in an online course about sustainable volunteering which is a thorough preparation for your trip to Ghana.

Excluding:
Airfare, visa fees, insurance, transport costs to excursions, entrance fee for attractions, food and drinks outside the guesthouse, the trip back to Accra

What are the costs for this ‘coach in Ghana’ program?

For the above complete program of 4 weeks incl airport service, transfer to Moon&Star guesthouse, stay and meals you pay €799,-. For every week you want to stay longer, €85,- is added. The ideal length of stay is about 10 weeks, experience shows. Some people then add 2 weeks for travel.

Click here to read the remarkable story of Charles who preceded you as a participant in the Coach in Ghana program!

Sounds nice, a longer stay in Ghana, but what can I do?

As written, together we make a tailor-made program that matches your wishes. This program ensures that you depilate, and experience Ghana in a way that suits you.
Below is a list of possible activities:

  • Helping with the new Women empowerment project. Read more
  • Fundraising for the Women empowerment project, for example by applying for grants
  • Gardening/farming
  • Hiking/ mountain climbing
  • Improving your cooking skills
  • Watching a local school
  • Helping in the children’s home, for example by selling bread
  • Improving the English language
  • Sports/ yoga with team Moon&Star or football/training in Banko

Are my days completely full?

How full your days also depend on yourself as you have your own input in making the program. You’re going to unwind compared to your life in Europe anyway. Life in a village in Ghana is slower and that is quite a bit of getting used to for many people who come to Ghana for a gap year or sabbatical.
But as soon as you let go of that feeling of always having to do something… Then you notice that the days do not have to be full to have a valuable gap year in Ghana.

Do I get full guidance?

I’ll guide you through your gap year program in Ghana. Exactly what that guidance will look like depends on whether you have certain goals that you want to work on. Suppose you want to learn a healthier lifestyle, or you want to spend less time on your mobile phone, then I like to coach you.
If you mainly want to have a carefree time in Ghana and do not work so much on goals, then my guidance will be more practical in nature.
However, my guidance doesn’t mean I’m going to take you by hand. I also expect a degree of independence.

Do you have trouble determining a follow-up study and do you want professional study choice guidance? Then take a look at the Gap Year with a purpose! Program.

Make appointment advice call vaccinations and malaria in Ghana

Do you want to know if a gap year in Ghana with my guidance is something for you?
Then schedule an appointment to get acquainted without obligation during a Zoom meeting!

10 Ghana facts
Do you want to stay informed about the developments around Ghana coach and receive these nice Ghana facts in your mailbox?
Then click on the image!

As a Ghana expert can you help everyone find their path in Ghana?

As a Ghana expert can you help everyone find their path in Ghana?

by | Mar 10, 2021 | Zonder categorie

In almost all communication as a Ghana coach, I present myself as a Ghana expert. I have struggled with that expert status, do I truly know so much? And can I help everyone who travels to this beautiful African country? Gradually, I am learning to embrace my knowledge and at the same time, I recognize my limits. In this article, I am not going to bore you again with reasons why I deserve this expert status, you can already read that in a previous blog. I am going to tell you about my limits, about who I cannot help as a Ghana expert.

For years, I have been receiving many messages via Instagram, Facebook, and mail from people who want tips & tricks. People who come to work or live in Ghana, who want to set up all kinds of organizations, and from people who want to set up a tourist business. Many of these messages come through Moon&Star guesthouse and sometimes people are not aware of my activities as a Ghana coach.
It is in my nature to want to help people and I still find it difficult to say no. But now there are so many messages that I could have a day’s work answering them as I always did before.

With my E-book I can help everyone who travels to Ghana

My solution is to give some answers in the first mail and to refer to the contents of my book ‘Get to know Ghana’. Because most answers can be found there. Just last week I received this message via Instagram from someone who bought the book. Nice detail, she is married to a Ghanaian and lives half in Europe and half in Ghana for many years.
“Btw the book is very nice and funny to read. And I still learned some new things even after all these years ?”

I cannot help you when I am the only one investing

The reference to my E-book works for a few reasons. The first is that I know the person asking the question is serious, because they are willing to make an investment. The second reason has everything to do with the first group of people I cannot help as a Ghana expert.

For years, I have answered an enormous number of mails and messages very extensively and it often became a whole correspondence. That takes energy, which is not bad if you also get energy in return. And I often heard the promise that when I come back to Ghana, I will come and see you! Guess how many times these people visited Moon&Star guesthouse.

The result was that although it is in my nature to help people, I was kind of tired of these mails and messages. And that feeling is gone, I love to help you on your way! And I answer messages with great joy again. Just this morning I had a nice conversation on Messenger: “Wow what a comprehensive answer. Thank you so much! I will definitely think about buying the E-book.”

I can’t help you when your goal is conflicting with my beliefs

As a human being, I think sustainability, equality, and responsible travel are very important. I believe I can help many people turn their good intentions into good actions. And when I may guide you or your organization in Ghana, I understand that I have an advisory role. But in order to be a good coach, we need to have a click and a match in our convictions. That is why we always have an online meeting before we start working together.

I am a Ghana expert, but not an Accra or expat expert

When you come to Ghana to work as an expat for an international company in the capital Accra, my E-book will certainly be useful to you. But my coaching will probably be of less use to you. I do visit Accra from time to time, but I have little connection with the expat life there.
But I wouldn’t be a Ghana expert if I didn’t have some tips for expats in Accra and beyond.

  • Discover Accra by bike with Go city cycle
  • Meet new people and learn a new language at Language Café Accra
  • Explore Ghana off the beaten track, for example at the EMO foundation in Kpando or in Ashanti during the nature and culture weekends at my own Moon&Star guesthouse.
  • Language cafe accra meeting
  • Go city cycle share
10 Ghana facts
Would you like to receive these 10 Ghana facts? Sign up for the Ghana coach updates and receive them straight in your inbox!